Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-03-17
A SPECIAL MEETING
OF THE CITY COUNCIL HELD LAST EVEN.
NG,
7r The Purpose Of Confirming Beard Of hbhc
Works E~nplOyS-0her Business
Transacted.

the Second Branch OF Council was caueu 10
order in special session, by MIR. Butts, who
moved that Mr.. Caldwell take the chair in
absence from the city Of Mr.. Gilleland.
The motion prevailed. A call Of the roll
revealed the presence Of eighteen members.
On motion of Mr.. Gundling the reading OF
the minutes was dispensed with, and upon
the further motion of Mr.. Cruise, the rules
were suspended and the application OfC. L.
Richards to keep acoffee-house at No. 1913
Main street, was taken up and granted.
The Clerk read q communication from
Messrs. J. II. Hobbs and William Otto, =
majority of the Board of Public Works,
nominating to Council j. W. Warden TO
be SUPERINTENDENT of Streets, at n salary
of 81, 600 per year, to be paid monthly,
and also the nomination of James II. Ian
caster 10 be Clerk ofthe Board, ut a salary
of $SOO per wear, to be paid monthly.
These salaries aggregate 81, 500, the same
sum expended for the two offices IN former
wears. On the motion to confirm Dir.
Gruse took the floor and said it gave hlm
pleasure to vote for the report, As the
Board had shown q disposition to comply
with the wishes of Couneil. Both nomina-
tons were unanimously confirmed.
A further report was read from the
Board, enclosing q communication from j.
NJ. Belleyille, agent ofthe Pewiky railroad.
The communication set forth o desire on
the part of the railroad TO grade and beau
tify the dumping ground just north Of
the p, c. & st. l.. freight depot, in this
city. Mr.. Cruise asked if this grant
would give the company any claim to the
property, in the future, should they find
they had use tor it. Mr.. Davis thought il
poor policy to monkey with q rail
road company, unless We know exactly
that they propose" Mr.. Jones said the
Street Commissioner desired to erect a
shed on the ground. He thought the
Board ought to nave an option
in the matter. Ga motion of
of Mr.. Cruise, the matter WAS referred TO
the Board of Public Works, with power to
act.
A communication from the Commission
ers of the loan Of lSS5annOunced that they
had sold $42, 900 of the bonds remaining IN
their hands, realizing the sum of Sil, 463.
They had turned over TO Henry X. List,
Commissioner of the loan Of ISL,
the sum of $i4,5OO, which sum
ia sufficient to cancel the outstanding
bonds of that loan. The Commissioners
reported that they had 81, 600 yet on hand,
and recommended that the $4,000 of I'M
stamped and unsigned bonds OF 1850 be
| cancelled and destroyed. The report OF
the Commissioners was approved, and bills
aggregating $67 orderedpaid The Finance
| Committees was authorized 10 destroy the
unsigned bonds.
The appointment of l.. WOlvingtOn to be
deputy weigher at the Thirty third street
scales. was approved and confirmed.
4 communication from Health Officer
Reed, announcing that a final test OF the
crematory would be made on Monday
next, and inviting the members OF Council
tn be present, was read and filed.
A communication from the trustees OF
ST. Paul's church, relative to the south
| Wheeling town clock, was referred to the
| Committee on Finance.
A petition from citizens OF Jacob street,
south side, asking for a curb on that street,
was referred to the Board OF Public Works.
\ resolution By Mr.. Pracht, directing
| the Board of Public Works to include in
their estimate sufficient money to pave
| Market street from Twenty-lOurth to
Twenty-siXth street, was referred to the
Finance Committee.
Resolutions by the same gentleman ask,
ing for tine improvement OF Main and
Chapline streets between T~wenty-SlNth and
Twenty-seyenth streets, and also resOiu'
tious by Mr.. Garvin asking for the paving
of Chapliue street from Eleventh to Six
teenth street, and by Mr.. Bremen relating
to the paving of Jacob street from Thirty
ninth to Forty-ffth street, were similarly
referred.
4 number of unimpOrtaut resolutions
and petitions received appropriate action,
and this Branch adjourned.
In the First Branch Messrs. Gavin
Halter, Happy, McGregor and Ulrich were
the abseutees. All the business sent over
from the Lower Branch was cOncurred III,
except a resolution offered by Mr.. Butts
at the last regular session, asking tn
Committee on Ordinances TO report al
ordinance fixing a days work for the
Committee on Equalization aud Appeals
This WAS laid on the table. There was
some discussion over the report OF ID,
Commissioners of the Loan Of lSS5, hat
finally the action of the Second Branct
WAS ConcuTred in.